Hi! And Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Yes, I'm back, trying to get over jet lag and catch up with things. Israel was great--the wedding was really nice, and I always have a good time seeing everyone. I also made a trip to Seville, Spain with my sister Katie in the middle of the Israel visit. My son, Rafi, is there again, so we went to see him and to see the city. We really liked it there. Beautiful city, and it's the center of Flamenco. Rafi took us to a few bars to see Flamenco music and dancing. Now my sister Amy is here with her youngest daughter and her daughter's friend. We'll be driving up to San Francisco on Friday for 3 nights. Thanksgiving is at Avi's sister's house this year. I'm so glad. I really don't have energy to cook and host while I'm still recovering from jet lag and entertaining guests!

Hi Lori, you must be back home and busy with family in USA stuff now. Take it slow and enjoy yourself. I hope your trip to Israel was terrific. The family is all well I hope.

I just put Thanksgiving brownies in the oven. Last night Dave said he wanted to make brownies. Took me by surprise as I was planning on the usual pies. So I figure I'll add that in to the mix of the goodies. There's sure to be plenty.

My kids and Dave's dad will be here tomorrow/tonight. Colin is bringing his girlfriend. That make 2 family events she has been to. I'm started to feel both hopeful and nervous! i know Colin really is so happy and I don't want anything to interfere with that. It's such a wonderful surprise to see him smiling all the time. He started back to college because of this girl. Yikes.

Got an email from Susan Birsky this week. Catching up with her now. It's been fun. We were college roomates for a couple of years. Now she's living back in queechee, VT.
Miss you - Patti